Its that wonderful time again, the time where I say the stupid Disclaimie:
Wazz up dudes? Here's the disclaimie (as if you didn't know all ready… I'm such a loser) I don't not in any way shape and/ or form own Cardcaptor Sakura nor the wonderful ladies who came up with the idea in the 1st place.
If I did, I wouldn't be working on this fanficcie, now would I? I didn't think so, although, I do wish… (that was such a cliché disclaimer…)
Dudes, I'm still on that reading binge, but I came to a stop when I couldn't find any more interesting books to read, grrrr.
What ever, here's the stinkin' 8th chapter… (Dudes, I love those funny beer commercials, they're so stupid and funny (don't drink and drive (don't do drugs (don't have unprotected sex (don't even think about having sex (you'll get STDs if you do (think before you do (don't you dare abort the baby you selfish person (am I a loser? (sí, es verdad (Wahoo, I speak Spanish (I said yes, that's true ( I am a loser (I'm going now…))))))))))))) (I'm going to have a hot dog now…)
Dodging the RaindropsChapter 8: Fog
Plot By: The Can-Can group
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(A few days later, outside of Sakura's apartment…)
Sakura entered the key into the keyhole and twisted it; a sharp 'click' sound signified that the apartment door is unlocked and ready to be entered. Behind her stood Syaoran carrying a tired Suzo. She fell asleep some time during the car ride and hasn't woken up yet.
They entered the dark apartment. Sakura flicked on the switch, she knew something was wrong, even before she got to wall with the light switch. Trash was everywhere, most of the boxes that at one time contained food had corners ripped off and bits of food were lying on the floor.
Kero entered from the kitchen, looking guilty and several inches wider. Sakura gave him a look that said I shall talk to you later. "Briana must have forgotten to lock one of the doors." She walked to her bedroom door, since it was the only one open.
Syaoran went to Suzo's room to put her into her bed and shut the door softly behind him. He followed Sakura into her room. Sakura looked around the room; something was off and not of the ordinary.
"Are you okay?" he finally asked, seeing that she wasn't going to say a thing until she figured out what was wrong. Sakura's eyes landed on her jewelry box on her dresser, there was something on the top, an envelope.
She made her way over to the oak dresser, her fingers gently picked up the envelope. Sakura tore at the top flap and took out the letter. She felt something else in the envelope and looked inside, there was a necklace. Sakura knew she saw it somewhere before, but thought no more of it.
Her scanned the contents of the letter; her eyes darted back and forth faster as she finished up each line. Her pulse quickened and a nervous sweat started up. Once she was done, she handed it to Syaoran for him to read, since he was curious also.
Sakura,
I hope that you like the necklace, remember when I bought it from you in the jewelry store you work at? Well, I bought it for you, to signify just how much I love you. Don't forget my promise also; when you think you're alone, you're not, I'll be watching you. Oh, and tell Mr. Li, that I don't appreciate someone taking away my woman. I'll be keeping in touch.
Syaoran looked at Sakura as she headed to her window and throw the necklace to the parts unknown. "Why aren't you calling the police that you're jackass ex-husband is stalking you? What he's doing is illegal and you need to let them know."
Sakura shook her head, "it won't work. Remember when I told you about what he did to me?" He nodded. "Turns out that I wasn't the only one played, he's got the money and the connections to evade police capture." She gave a frustrated sigh and swore softly.
"But we still can try, what's the worst that can happen?" He gave a small grin, in hopes of lightening her mood.
"The whole entire police department blows up because they're close to actually capturing him. Or he gets upset and goes to the extremes." She shrugged nonchalantly as she headed back to the kitchen to clean up the mess that Kero made. As she picked up a piece of trash, the reality of the situation hit her. Renjiro has the ability to enter her apartment. Sakura made a mad dash for the phone and dialed a number.
Syaoran raised an eyebrow. "Oh, so now you call for the police," he grinned at the glare she sent his way.
The dial tone on the other end continued for a few seconds until someone finally picked up. "Hello?" the person on the other end asked in a sleepy tone.
"Hi, Tomoyo, it's me, Renjiro broke into my apartment and I need you to-" Sakura started off.
She could feel that her friend on the other end had a growing grin, "and you want me to hire some private detectives? Sure, okay, anything for you. This one will be on the house, I'll also throw in some surveillance systems and a security system." Tomoyo said goodbye and they hung up.
Syaoran's heated gaze landed on her back, making her uncomfortable. Throwing a glare his way, she asked, "Why the heck are you staring at me that way? Tomoyo can find better people to search for him then the police, but if you're so damn set on having me call the police, then I will."
"Thank you for thinking of me." He grinned seeing the glare on Sakura's face grew bigger. "Shut up."
Sakura then proceeded to call the police and told them what happened. She hung up with a defeated sigh. The dispatcher told her they're going to send over some police to question her. Sakura could all ready tell that it's going to be a long night, and Syaoran giving her the stupid grin saying he won the argument wasn't helping much.
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(A few minutes later…)
A sharp and brisk knock rang through out the semi-small apartment. Suddenly, feeling nervous and a little upset, Sakura got up from her spot at the table and answered the door. A man wearing a trench coat, similar to what private investigators from those old movies, was standing in the hallway. Behind him stood several men and woman, all wearing the usual attire for the police force.
The man in the trench coat stood forward as he flashed his badge showing his certification. "I'm agent Hirogashi, I would like to ask you a few questions while forensics takes a look at the envelope." He took a step back so that forensics could get by and head to the bedroom (thanks to Sakura's directions). After they entered, Sakura led Hirogashi to the living room and then grabbed some tea for him. Hirogashi sat down on the couch once Sakura handed the tea to him.
Agent Hirogashi took a sip of the recently brewed tea and took out his note pad. "Okay," he began, without an ounce of empathy or anything like that (or is it sympathy?). "Tell me what happened in as much detail as possible." Sakura did as she was told or asked to do, while the man wrote down, in his own style of short hand, on the little notebook.
"Do you have any suspects?" He asked once she was done retelling what had happened. She nodded, and before the agent could ask whom, Sakura replied, "my ex-husband, Hitachi Renjiro. But I'm not exactly sure why he's after me, though." Hirogashi took the explanation as acceptable and stood up. "I'm now going to talk to your 'roommate' now, after that, forensics should be done and then we'll get out of your hair m'am."
Sakura gave a curt nod as the agent went to the kitchen to talk to Syaoran. She went to Suzo's room to see if she had awoken from the murmuring voices of the forensics from the next room. Satisfied that her daughter is still asleep, Sakura went back to the living room where she accidentally fell asleep on the couch.
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(Morning…)
It took a few minutes for Sakura to recognize where she's at when she woke up. The smell of breakfast wafted through the living room. She leaned up; the blanket (which wasn't there when she fell asleep) fell from its place. Sakura made her way to the kitchen where she saw Syaoran sitting at the table, drinking coffee (which confused her sense she doesn't even touch the stuff), and reading the newspaper. Across from him sat her daughter eating scrambled eggs and having a bowl of cereal.
Sakura took her place at the kitchen table. Syaoran looked up from the page he was currently reading and went back to reading. Suzo smiled happily, "hi mommy, what was going on last night? I got woked up a few times."
"Use correct grammar, Suzo, its 'I was awoken.'" Her mother reprimanded as she put some of the eggs onto her own plate.
Suzo choose to ignore her mother and asked again, "what happened?"
Syaoran decided to answer, seeing that Sakura is a little bit shaken up. "Nothing much, we just had some visitors who wanted to talk about something," he summarized. Suzo bought the explanation and continued to work on eating her breakfast.
He sent a short look at Sakura for approval of his explanation; she gave the approval he wanted and started to eat her own breakfast. The truth is she has no clue as to what to do now. Her ex is starting to stalk her for unknown reasons (she knows that its not money since he sucked her up dry), she's not sure about her relationship with Syaoran, their fighting is starting to seem more like flirting and that's starting to scare her since she hasn't gone out with anyone since Renjiro.
Not only does she have to worry about the stalking, now she has to worry about Suzo and if she might get hurt from all of this. Renjiro is one those guys who don't stop until they get what they want, even if it means hurting someone, even if "it" is your own flesh and blood. She gave her head a quick shake at the thought; no need for getting pessimistic about all of this, even if it does seems kind of hopeless…
The buzzer interrupted her negative thoughts, knowing whom its for she said bye to Suzo as her daughter gathered her things for preschool. Tomoyo dropped Suzo off at the preschool ever morning, for one thing it helped Sakura out and allowed her to get to work with out having to go in the opposite direction. For another, the preschool is along the way to the building where she works so Tomoyo didn't have to worry too much about location.
The door slammed closed, leaving Sakura and Syaoran in an uncomfortable silence. There seemed to be more of these now and days, both of them scared and afraid. It seems like there is a growing connection between them, one that is becoming more powerful with each passing day. Giving a sigh, Sakura stood up and put her dishes into the sink to be washed at a later time. Syaoran's eyes followed her for a second, but then returned to the paper in his hands. "You're taking this calmly," he said softly, his eyes still on the paper.
Sakura stared down into the sink, "I have to, I need to make Suzo think that nothing's wrong with the picture."
He grunted and mumbled softly, "well that's stupid." Sakura glared at him, did he just say that what she thinks is best is stupid? "Come again?"
He looked up from the paper in surprise at the tone of her voice. "Oh, you thought I was making a comment about what you said? No, I wasn't, I was talking about the fact that one of the companies decided to sell their shares, they're going to go bankrupt because of that," he lied, there was no company selling any of their shares. It's not right to not tell children what's going on, if they grow up without knowing, and find out what is happening, they're going to become mistrustful as they grow up. However, the woman seemed to buy the lie as she went to her room to get ready for work.
Syaoran took a peek at the watch on his wrist (it was his father's, he had received it before his father died, making it a very important part of his memory and childhood), the hands told him that it was time to get to work, especially before he becomes late. He put his dishes in the sink, on top of Sakura's, and headed for the closet, to take out his coat. "I'm going now!" he called out as he closed the front door after himself.
And then there was one…
After a few moments, Sakura reemerged from the bathroom; her hair was in a swinging braid, which reached down her back with a few hairs poking out of their hold. Today's attire is a dark blue sweater that her father had knit when she was a teen and a pair of well wore jeans. As she was clearing the kitchen table of the rest of the used dishes and food, she noticed a rose. However, it wasn't the usual red, it was black, a sign of impending doom or even… death. Frightened, she crushed the rose bud and put into the garbage disposal, where she flicked the "on" switch. The blade inside of the sink whirled around; the rose was sliced into a million pieces and was sucked down the drain with the help of water.
Sakura backed away from the sink fearfully, the rose was a sign saying Renjiro was there, some time between when Syaoran left and when Sakura came back into the kitchen. He could still be there in fact. The thought caused Sakura to tremble; she began to search the rooms for any hide or hair of her ex. Only to find there wasn't any clue that he was there. Sakura began to relax a little as she left her apartment (being careful to lock the door), then she began to think it was some cruel joke Syaoran was playing on her. Giving a low growl, she proceeded to walk to the department store where she works.
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(Department Store…)
"Briana?"
The said person looked up from the price tag she was putting on the shirt, "hm?" was the said person's response.
"Was there anything weird or wrong when you visited Kero?" Sakura asked the question like her like depended on it (which it sort of does, in a weird way…).
"Nope, nada, there was nothing wrong. Why do you ask? Did something happen?" Briana asked with concern written clearly on her face. Sakura's demeanor changed to what it was like the one time when she had asked about the bruises, evasive. "Nope, nothing is wrong," Sakura then gave off a fake laugh in order to seem like something wasn't wrong, even though there is something terribly wrong.
"Lair."
"Leave me alone," came that irritated reply.
With a shout, the department manager yelled at the two women to get back to work. They did as they were told; they still talked however, but in a hushed tone so that they won't get yelled at again. As they chatted, Sakura debated on telling her American friend if she should tell about what's been happening, however, she decided against it in the end, she shouldn't endanger her friend. If Renjiro were to find out, he might use Briana for whatever plans he has.
It's starting to be near Sakura's quitting time, saying bye to Briana and several of the other employees, Sakura headed out and went to the jewelry store. Outside, there is fog, causing buildings far away to seem to be lost and unclear. Sakura tightened the hold on her coat harder, despite the fact that it's only about three, its really cold or at least, Sakura thought it was cold. Giving a shiver, Sakura entered into the over priced store and prepared for another boring night on the job.
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(Apartment…)
Sakura entered the apartment, very tired. She had a costumer who couldn't decide what to buy his wife for at least an hour or two. In the end he decided that jewelry is too expensive and wanted to buy her chocolate instead. Sakura at first was shocked at the fact she had spent a good part of her time trying to help and then she became angry as the man left the store. On the way home she was really steaming and almost forgot about the rose.
As she slammed the closet closed, Syaoran entered into the living room with confusion on his face. "Why the heck are you so pissed?" he asked as Sakura made her way to the kitchen and slammed herself into one of the chairs. " I had an idiot customer," that was the end of that conversation.
Sakura began to eat some of the dinner that was on the plate. Kero came bounding in, put his head on Sakura's knee (as if giving his sympathy), began to drool a little, and went back to his corner in the living room. While she worked on eating the chicken, she decided to bring up the subject of the infamous rose. "Did you leave a black rose on the table this morning? If this is some kind of joke I'm going to kick you out of this apartment," she then proceeded to glare, hard.
Syaoran raised an eyebrow. "Nope," he replied simply. Her eyes widen a bit, this means he was there in that morning. "By the way, Tomoyo changed the lock and added a security system while we were at work, she stopped by and gave me a two sets." Syaoran gave Sakura a key and a piece of paper with a combination. Sakura pocketed both items. "Where's Suzo?" she asked, seeing that her child isn't around.
"She's sleeping, said she had a long day, the teachers were having a meeting about something and allowed the students to have recess all day," he explained. Sakura let out the breath she was holding. She knew something was off when she walked in, it was only about eight and normally Suzo is trying to stay up late until she finally gives in and goes to bed. Sakura finished the last of her dinner and went to the sink to clean the day's dishes.
Syaoran noticed Sakura was preoccupied with her thoughts, knowing what they were, he whispered (cryptically), "everything will be alright."
Sakura stared down at the dishes as she felt his presence leaving the room and went into his own room. That is when the tears of stress started to flow. Like the midnight fog (figuratively speaking), the feature is unclear and hazy.
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Authoress's Notie:
Kaixo dudes, how are all you doing? Sorry for the semi-short chapter, I had a major writer's block and so I have to think long and hard for what to do for the next chappie (darn it). Messa ankle hurts alittle now and the stupid ice bag isn't helpingmuch, plus I think there's a bloodstain on it --U my ankle… it feels numb…
Any who, there's been one thing I kept on forgetting to say for the last few chapters and here it is: Let the stalking begin!
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA::cough, cough:HAHAHA
Sorry, I had to put that in someplace
I don't think there's much to I need to say now, I'm going to look over the chapter for errors and go to bed, I'm not getting enough sleep (mostly on messa's part, the other part is my dog who likes to get up at the ungodly hour of seven (It's summer break for me now) and she won't let me sleep in, grrr, I was almost in tears this morning I was so upset… TT
So, I'm going to answer reviews and update this (by the way, I've updated my other story (go check it out if you haven't (I only have about 2 chappies so far though and I've been told that it's kind of depressing… ::shrugs:: whatever, just go and see))) story.
After about a minute of looking over messa's errors, I decided to not check over the grammar, yo soy muy perozosa --UU, I'll just do a quick check and not worry about it too much, so sorry for any mistakes… plus my mom told me to go to bed, so night dudes…
Answers to Reviewsies:
chikichiki: I'm glad that you think that it's good, thank you for the reviewsie
momocolady: Sank you por la review (that's a mix of messa's own words and a little of Spanish ) I'm happy that you liked the scene, that was the first time I have ever written a scene like that, so I wasn't too sure if it was good or not… anywho, thanks for the review
Soleil666: your pen name sounds familiar… ::shrugs:: anywho, you think I have talent? (teehee) I was actually embarrassed about the binge drinking chapter, I guess I made that chappie out of the fact that I pay wwwwaaaaaaaaaaay too much attention to health class, oh well, at least its raising publice awareness or something like that… Oh, and about the spelling, I don't do spell check b/c of the fact that most of the time, its just the names that Word has problems with and so I just ignore it, I guess I'd better start using it though… --U anywho, Muchas Gracias for the review
azn-kitties: I guess the dude is kind of greedy, what am I saying, he is greedy, don't worry though, I have plans for him in the end MWAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH::cough:: domo arigato for the review
Lil-Sakura: I assure you that every thing will work out in the end, unless I want to torture someone ::insert maniacal laughter:: and thank you for the review
demi-kaijuu: Sup dude? Thanks for the sunshine went to a theme park b/c of it (I had mucho divertido(fun)) and I totally agree w/ you men have no place on the stupid planet, the only thing they're good for is for certain "stuff" teehee, anywho, thank you for the review, I hope the 'scene' wasn't too bad, oh well, I'm going to go now before you glomp me somemore… (wish I could go on a caffeine high) (I'm going to go have some macaroni and cheese now) bye bye
xolilaznswtiexo: that was a mouth full U anywho, thanks for the review and I'm glad that you think its great
okay, that's it for now, I'm going to go update this poor excuse for a chapter and go eat something, don't forget to review and another thing, I kept on forgetting to say this, but if you want me to tell you when I update, just leave your e-mail address or something and then I'll tell you when I update,
Review por favor, preeeeeeeeeeeeeettttttttttttttttty ppppppppppllllllllleeeeeeeaaaaaaaaassssssssssseeeeeeee!
Bye
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